We came back on a Sunday night and were back at work on Monday. Perin and I both decided that holiday is more fun than working. I injured my knee playing indoor soccer right before we left, but I was still able to move around pretty well. My ACL is fine, my MCL is strained but will heal, but a small piece of my median meniscus (cartilage) was torn. I have pretty much full range of motion, but it hurts to straighten my leg completely. I have a "real doctor" appointment (as opposed to just the physiotherapist) on Tuesday, so I'll probably get scheduled for an MRI then. No soccer means I have to return to the gym. Boooo!
An interesting development in our understanding of Kiwi culture is the tallest poppy syndrome. We hadn't heard of this until December, when it was mentioned to us about six times. One way it was explained to us is that immigrants from England wanted to form a society without class consciousness and frowned upon individuals who drew attention to themselves as better than anyone else. However, the wikipedia link above states this term is not unique to NZ.
But it does relate to an earlier post about doing business here in NZ and now that we've heard of the syndrome, we can see examples of it more readily.
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